Archimedes, the scholar and mathematician of antiquity, was quoted as saying, “Give me a place to stand and a large enough lever, and I will move the earth.” That’s debatable, but some pretty big and ...

Climate change is a huge, knotty, incredibly difficult problem. The more you dig in and understand the science and politics of it, the more hopelessly vast and complex it can seem. What’s more, the ...

If we could transport ourselves to Sicily about 2,250 years ago, we might get there just in time to hear Archimedes famously say, “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I shall move ...

Explore the intriguing connections between Neanderthals and modern humans, from genetic differences to cultural evolution. Therefore you can posit two stylized scenarios of contrasts between ...

“Give me where to stand,” said Archimedes, “and I will move the earth.” Generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematician/innovators of all time, the ...

There’s certainly a great deal of logic to what Ezra says here — it would be nice if an upstream price on carbon would automatically rejigger the price of everything, right down to chips and candy ...